The role of green innovation in the relationship between green HRM practices and sustainable business performance; evidence from the mining industry
Asia-Pacific Journal of Business Administration
ISSN: 1757-4323
Article publication date: 2 April 2024
Issue publication date: 25 October 2024
Abstract
Purpose
Drawing on the natural resource-based view (NRBV) theory, the study aimed to examine the mediating role of green innovation (GI) in the nexus between green human resource management practices (Green HRMPs) and sustainable business performance (SBP).
Design/methodology/approach
This study adopted the descriptive time-lagged research design. Data were collected from 278 managerial staff of five mining companies in Ghana at different waves within a 3-month interval. Descriptive and inferential statistics were used to analyse the data received using the statistical package for the social sciences (SPSS) statistics (V. 26.0) and Smart PLS (V.4.0).
Findings
The study found that Green HRMPs significantly related more to economic performance (EP) than social performance (SP) but did not significantly relate to environmental performance (EnP). Moreover, the results revealed that GI partially mediated the nexus between Green HRMPs and both SP and EP but fully mediated the link between Green HRMPs and EnP.
Originality/value
The relevance of Green HRMPs in ensuring corporate sustainability has been largely established in the extant literature. However, there is an evidential dearth of studies in the literature concerning the mediating role of GI in the nexus between Green HRMPs and SBP, especially in developing economies context. Hence, this study serves as a significant contributing card from Ghana by advancing the NRBV theory.
Keywords
Citation
Suleman, A.-R., Kyei-Frimpong, M. and Akwetey-Siaw, B. (2024), "The role of green innovation in the relationship between green HRM practices and sustainable business performance; evidence from the mining industry", Asia-Pacific Journal of Business Administration, Vol. 16 No. 5, pp. 1112-1131. https://doi.org/10.1108/APJBA-09-2023-0471
Publisher
:Emerald Publishing Limited
Copyright © 2024, Emerald Publishing Limited